Jack Taylor, the Oregon actor who found fame in European horror and fantasy films and worked with directors including John Milius, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Milos Forman and Jesús Franco, has died. It was 99.
The Spanish newspaper reported that Taylor, who lived in the Chamberí district of Madrid for more than six decades, died on Tuesday Elmondo I mentioned.
Taylor portrayed a priest alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Milius. Conan the Barbarian (1982) and an antique book collector opposite Polanski’s Johnny Depp Gate nine (1999), and appeared in Ridley Scott’s film 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) and Forman Goya’s ghostS (2006) as well.
In Spain, he participated in several films directed by Franco, including an X-rated film Succubus (1968) and Eugenia (1970) starring Christopher Lee Count Dracula (1970), Night of the blood monster (1970), Sex representation (1972), Dr. Mabuse’s Revenge (1972), Female vampire (1973), Sexy sisters (1977) and Voodoo passion (1977).
George Brown Randall was born on October 21, 1926 in Oregon City, a suburb of Portland. After a year in San Francisco, he came to Los Angeles and appeared with Marilyn Monroe in a 1953 episode of the CBS show. Jack Benny Program.
After having difficulty in Hollywood, Taylor drove to Mexico, quickly learned the language and found work in films south of the border, including The ivory tower (1958), Nostradamus and the Destroyer of Monsters (1962) and two features featuring masked superhero wrestler Neutron.
In 1961, he arrived in Madrid to perform on stage in a Mexican musical comedy La Belleruga (Redhead) And then he decided to make the country his home. Two years later, he played one of Julius Caesar’s slaves (Rex Harrison). Cleopatra (1963). “If you blink, you won’t see me, but I’m there,” he said.
Taylor’s film resume also included Robert Siodmak’s filmography Custer West (1967), The Mummy’s Revenge (1975), to cut (1982), Monty Hellman Iguana (1988), Wax (2014) and Libre buffet (2025).
He recently published his memoirs, 100 years of cinema.
